Do some great thinking on the lawn mower

What is it with women and lawn mowers? We love our lawn mowers, or should I say lawn tractors, because we do favor the riding kind. One we don?t have to exert much energy to operate.

I personally enjoy putting on my mowing clothes, applying both sunscreen and suntan lotion, donning my sunglasses and hitting the turf. Is it a power thing, or an isolation thing? I?m not sure, but I?m in my own world when I mow the grass, to the point where I have often said, ?I do my best thinking when I?m mowing.?

I have found that I am not alone, either. Other women (and some men, too) feel the same. We get on our mower and we are transformed to another world, one where the phone is not ringing, the kids are (hopefully) not bothering us and we can mow and think until our heart?s content. Although there has been several occasions where one of the children had a catastrophe they just had to tell me about. I?ve even had situations where they brought the phone outside for a phone call. Of course, we had a little discussion on what merits an interruption.

I hate to admit it, but it doesn?t take a lot of concentration to mow the grass, at least not when you have done it a few times, so we can let our creative juices flow as well as let our minds wander.

Of course, around my house, my hubby thinks fertilizer solves all the yard problems. Early in the spring, he just has to ?throw the fertilizer to the grass? to make it lush and green. Just so happens this spring we had a lot of rain, and I mean a lot of rain. So what does that mean for me mowing the grass? That means a lot of grass. Yes it was pretty and green, but the thick stuff had to be mowed every week, that is when it was dry enough. I did a lot of thinking this spring.

Have you ever noticed that men and women do not mow in the same manner? My husband and I think a lot of men fit in this category, pretending they are on the Nascar circuit and just trying to see how fast they can make their miniature race car go. It doesn?t matter what gets in their way, it?s probably going down. On the other hand, we females, go at a steady pace, not too fast and not too slow. We strive for perfection, and men strive for a speed record. They time their outings on the mower and try to best their last time.

Children, on the other hand, have no business on the riding lawn mower. Yes, I tried to teach them responsibility and the value of hard work, but they butchered the yard! We have girls, and they just never mastered the art of mowing just grass. They mowed down plants, toys, shoes, cross ties and one of them even mowed over a stump! I don?t just mean a small stump, I mean a very large stump. It was so large the mower got stuck and she had to abandon ship and call Daddy for assistance.

One of our daughters was very interested in mowing, but she, too, had a problem. The mower had a safety device that caused the blade to disengage when the seat didn?t stay pressed down. Her problem was that she didn?t weigh enough to keep the seat in place, therefore causing the blade to disengage. My husband had a solution for that, also. He place a sack of dog food on the seat and perched her on top, therefore, solving the problem.

Did I say I?m the one that does most of the mowing now ? and I love almost every minute of it?